Umbrella attachment for bicycles.



I Patented Jan. 2, 1900. F. .I. CONVERSE. UMBRELLA ATTACHMENT FORBIEYGLES.

(Application filed Jan. 27, 1897.)

(1H0 Model.)

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aTlEl l'T FRANK J. CONVERSE, OFIITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LlllTiRELL/h ATTACHMENT FOR BECYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,l l6, dated January2, 1900.

Application filed January 27,1897. Serial No. 620,902. (No model.)

To a whom it YIZ/U/Z/ concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. CONVERSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella Attachments for Bicycles; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anumbrella attachment for bicycles.

The invention has for its object the provision of a means whereby anumbrella may be easily attached to a bicycle for the purpose ofprotecting the rider from inclement weather.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a means of incliningthe umbrella at any angle desired by the rider.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangements of parts to be hereinaftermore specifically described.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like figures of reference indicatesimilar parts in the several views shown, in which Figure l is a sideview of a portion of a bicycle,showin g my improved attachment fittedthereto and provided with an umbrella. Fig. 2 is a plan view of onesection of the attachment removed from the bicycle and which is shownupon a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. i is a planview of the umbrella-holding section. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.

The invention consists of two sections of clamp hinged together, onesection being adapted to hold the umbrella and the other section beingadapted to connect to a suitable portion of the bicycle-frame. Thesection The lug 3 is formed upon the wing 1 and has pivoted thereto bythe pin or rivet a the scrcw-bolt 5. The said bolt 5 enters the openingswhich are formed within the ends of the said wings and is provided atits free end with the thumb-nut S. Formed upon the opposite end of thesaid clamp are the lugs 0 and 10,which are provided with the holes 11and 12. The section for holding the umbrella has formed thereon the lugl3,which is adapted to fit between the said lugs 9 and 10 of theframeclamp, and is loosely pivoted therein by a pin or rivet 7,wl1ich isfitted through the holes 12 and 14. A series of holes 15 are formedwithin the said lug, any one of which is adapted to register with thehole 11, through which a pin 16 is passed, so as to lock the two partstogether at any angle desired. Formed upon the wing 17 of theumbrella-clamp is the lug 1S, and has pivoted thereto by the pin 10 thescrew-bolt 20,which is provided at its free end with the thumbscrew 21.A small lug 22 is formed upon the said clamp and the wing 23 pivoted orhinged thereto by the pin 24:. Openings are formed within the free endsof the wings for the reception of the screw-bolt, as shown. Suitablyarranged between the wings are the bushings 25, into which the umbrellahandle is inserted.

To put the device into practical use, it is clamped to the bicycle-frame30, as shown at Fig. 1, and secured fast by the thumb-nut. Theumbrella-handle is then inserted be tween the bushings and clampedtightly in place by turning the thumb-nut, and by removing the pin 16the umbrella may be inclined at any desired an gle. After the desiredangle is determined the pin is inserted in place, which looks the partstogether.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an umbrella-holder for bicycles, conslsting of a disk provided with aseries of concentrically-disposed openings, a clampingarm formedintegral with said dish, a second clamping-arm jointed to said dish anda bolt passing through the rear ends of said clamping-arms, incombination with a pair of lugs between which the disk is pivotallysupported, one of said lugs having a perforation In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature which is in circular alineinent With the openinpresence of two Witnesses. ings in said disk, a pin passing through saidFRANK CONVERSE perforation and adapted to en gage any one of 1 5 saidopenings, and means for clamping said Vitnesses:

lugs to the bicycle-frame, substantially as M. A. HOBAN,

described.

P. B. REILLY.

